Manu Uncle is directed by Dennis Joseph based on his story got released in 1988 and well scripted by Shibu Chakravarthy. 1988 was best year for Mammootty he has many hits like Oru CBI diary kurippu, Abkari, Sankham, August 1, 1921, Dinarathrangal etc…
Mammootty’s title role well accepted by all types of audiences. Songs were too good. Manu Uncle ran 100 days in major centers and become one of the major super hit of Mega Star.
Adimakal Udamakal is an I V Sasi movie released in 1987 and scripted by T Damodaran. Mammootty performed well as Raghavan. Mohanlal also did a good job as Mohan Cherian.
This movie well accepted by classes and masses. Mammootty got lots of applauses from audiences. Adimakal Udamakal ran 100 days in major centers and become a good super hit.
Thalapathi; (literally The Commander) is a 1991 Indian crime drama film directed by Mani Ratnam. This feature film has Rajnikanth and Mammootty in the lead roles, and the theme of the film is based on friendship between Karna and Duryodhana of Mahabharata. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Cinematography of the film is handled by Santosh Sivan.
Surya (Rajinikanth), is the abandoned child of a 14 year old unwed mother Kalyani (Srividya), is brought up by a generous lady living in slums. He grows into a fearless kind-hearted slum king who fights the injustice that takes place in town. These qualities lead him to cross swords with the local smuggler Devarajan (Mammootty). Devarajan's friend is beaten up terminally by Surya, and Deva threatens Surya that Surya will find himself in a dangerous situation if Deva's friend was laid to rest. Soon as his friend passes away, Surya then gets placed in prison. However, when Deva discovers Ramana's offense, he decides to get Surya released from jail. Surya himself is surprised to see Deva get him out from jail, and there he tells him nyayamnu onnu irrukku (there is such a thing as justice). And from that glorious moment, Deva surrenders his ego and offers his hand of friendship. Surya too declares that he will be Deva's best friend till death. Deva makes Surya his commander "Thalapathi". Both of them rule the town not only with their muscle but also with their sense of justice. But in the eyes of the Government, they are considered as antisocial elements. Arjun (Arvind Swamy), posted as the new District Collector, plans to arrest both Deva and Surya, so that he could put an end to their brutal activities. But his opportunity all goes in vain. In the ensuing struggle between the Collector and Deva/Surya, Surya learns that Arjun's mother is his mother too. Surya promises his mother that he will not harm Arjun but refuses to leave Deva, whose friendship is more valuable to him than his relationship with his brother. Deva is stunned to learn that Collector and Surya are brothers and admires Surya for not parting with him in spite of discovering his identity. During the process of surrendering to the Collector, assuring him completely stopping their activities, Deva is shot. Surya, in a fit of rage, kills the person who was the cause for Deva's death and surrenders to the Police after performing the final rites of his close associate. The Collector goes to another place on a new posting accompanied by his wife. The mother then changes her mind to stay with her elder son, Surya.
Movie broken the record of Tamil Cinema industry and become biggest grosser of 1991. Mammootty become famous among rajani fans. Mammootty performed well as Deva and Rajani rocked as Surya.
Azhakan is scripted and directed by K. Balachander, released in 1991, a good year for Mammootty in Tamil. Azhakan tells the story of a widowed father (Mammootty) and his 4 children and the twists in his life when 3 women fall for him while he falls for one of them. The movie is not a typical masala Tamil movie with women falling for the protagonist for his heroism. The reason behind each woman's desire is very rationally explained.
Mammootty gives a splendid performance. He acted well as loving father, a successful hotelier, a respectable citizen, an earnest lover and an understanding person. Geetha, Madhubala and Banupriya have played their roles excellently. Geetha as the Professor, Madhubala as the chirpy teenager are apt for their roles. Bhanupriya as the Dancer who is dedicated to her art gives a good performance with some great dance sequences. The song "Kozhi koovum" exploits her skill to the fullest. Each and every character has a touch of humour blended into it, while Suresh Chakkravarthy's character embodies humour.
The film is a good example for cinema that is not very serious but at the same time does not bore or irritate you with senseless twists and turns. The scenes where Mammootty interacts with his children are a delight to watch and hats off to the director for giving a great family story. It was a good hit movie from Mammootty in 1991.
Thaniyavarthanam (1987) is a Malayalam film directed by Sibi Malayil. The script was written by Lohithadas. The movie starred Mammootty,Thilakan, Mukesh and Philomina among others. The story revolves around a family whose male members have a history of lunacy. In one of his career best role, Mammootty enacts Balan, a middle class school teacher hailing from an old tharavadu. His uncle became a mental patient after the separation of his love and this underlined the deep-routed belief among their family that one male from each generation will become mad. For no reason Balan was labeled as the culprit when every one knew that he wasn't.
No word to describe the fabulous performance by Mammootty. Kaviyoor Ponnamma shown excellent performance as his Mother. Mukesh also acted well. Movie was a Major success of mammootty after the box office topper “
Enthino Pookunna Pookal is Hit Malayalam film directed by Gopinath Babu in 1982. Mammootty, Ratheesh, Mohanlal, Sumalatha and Zarina Wahab were in lead. All stars justified their roles in this movie.
It was a major box office success for Gopinath Babu. Star cast was good and movie got a hit status due to the rush of family audiences in theatres. This movie helped Mammootty and Mohanlal to get more notable roles in 1980’s.
In 1981, director P K Joseph cast the two relative newcomers together in Oothikaachiya Ponnu with Mammootty playing hero to Lal's villain. That casting trend continued in hits like Ahimsa and Enthino Pookunna Pookal. Shankar was in the lead and Mammootty outshined in this movie as Thoman Kutty.
It was a hit movie and all has equal importance in their respective roles. It was one of the major hit of P K Joseph in 1982.
In 1982, Oru Thira Pinneyum Thira got released and it is directed by P G Vishwambharan. Prem Nazir was in lead and Mammootty also outshined in his role. Audiences noticed his role as street singer Jayadevan.
P G Vishwambharan was the major hit director in 80’s and Oru Thira Pinneyum Thira was a successive movie from him. It was a hit movie for Prem Nazir as well as Mammootty in 1982.
Aa Divasom is directed by M Mani and released 1982. Inspector Balachandran was the character portrayed by Mammootty and Mohanlal also acted in this movie. Mammootty become famous by his role in yavanika in 1982, it was a huge at box office at that year. After few months, Aa Divasom got released and attracted lots of crowds.
Movie made good profit to its producer. It was one of the beginning roles of Mohanlal too. It was one of the hit movies of Mammootty in 1982, which helped him to get more police officer roles in 80’s.
Manivathoorile Aayiram Sivarathrikal is Malayalam movie directed and scripted by Fazil, the best director of Malayalam cinema. It is based on G Omana Gangadharan’s story. Mammootty, Suhasini, M.G. Soman, Devan, Sukumari, Lizy, Adoor Bhasi, Jagadish are the major stars in this movie.
Movie released in 1987 in the banner of Swarga Chitra and Mammootty, Suhasini pairs got lots of applauses from audiences. They were outshined in acting and song sequences. Movie ran 100 days in major centers. In
Vartha a political and action thriller directed by I V Sasi released in 1986. Mammootty excelled as Madavan Kutty and Mohanlal also justified his role as Vasu. Rahman also performed well as Unnikrishnan. Radha is one of the great roles played by Seema.
T Damodaran’s script is fabulous and best in 1986. Mammootty got lots of applauses from audiences. It was one of the biggest hit of 1986. Even though Avanazhi ruled the box office, vartha also did well in box office at that year. Movie ran 150 days in major centers. Mammootty has outshined in this movie than other stars.
Iniyum Katha Thudarum thrilling action movie directed by Joshi and released in august 1985. Mammootty, Ambika, Innocent, Soman, Captain Raju, Lalu Alex were the major stars in this movie. It was a striking year for mammootty who made huge box office success. He acted in 35 movies in 1985 and he created waves in box office by creating more than 22 hits and few average hits.
It was an action thriller from Joshi after many family subject and initial collection was huge which help to get a good hit status for this movie. Iniyum Katha Thudarum crossed 50 days in major centers.
Sajan has many super hits in 1985 and Kandu Kandarinju was one of them staring Mammootty, Mohanlal, and Rahman in lead. Screen Play was from S N Swami and Movie was one of the actor thrillers at that time.
Action scenes and dialogues between Mammootty and Mohanlal was the highlight of this movie. It satisfied all type of audiences. There were huge rushes of family and youth in front of theatres at that time. Mammootty was the major super star and Mohan Lal was emerging, as a hero at that time. Movie celebrated golden jubilee in many major centers.
Makan Ente Makan is super hit movie from super hit director Sasikumar and released in Feb, 1985. Mammootty, Radhika and T G Ravi are the major stars in this movie. Movie scripted by Salim Cherthala. Songs were super hit those days.
It’s a touching family story of family and ego issues due to the presence of an orphan child. Mammootty and Radhika excelled their roles. T G Ravi acted as good villain who marry Radika second time. Movie ends with the re-union of Mammootty and Radhika. Story touched the heart of family audiences and movie ran 75 days in major centers and become one of the super hit of 1985.
Ente Kanakkuyil directed by hit director Sasikumar and was released in 1985. Mammootty, Revathi, Rahman in the lead and it has well family subject scripted by famous script write S L Puram.Sadanandan.
Movie become super hit and attracted family audiences. Sasikumar was one of the great lucky directors in Malayalam who has given many hits to all super stars at that time. He has lots of audiences at that time. Mammootty’s star power also given a good hype for this movie among family audiences.
Rappakal is 2005 released movie directed by Kamal. Mammootty, Nayantara, Sharada appears in lead roles. Mammootty plays the role of a servant who looks after the nook and corner of the bunglaw while Nayan does the role of a smart servant in the same house. Raapakal is one of those touching movies to have come out in Malayalam in the recent times. It cannot be hailed as a classic, but quite a few touching moments make this movie a must-watch for any drama movie buff. Mammootty has come up with one of his natural best performances ever. Sarada's return to Malayalam cinema after a short break is also perfect.
Rappakal become one of the super hits of 2005 and movie ran nearly 85 days in major centers. Movie collected well in Malabar area and crossed 50 days in 24 release stations. Rappakal has given good profit to dream team productions.
Johnnie Walker, John Varghese one of the stylish character portrayed by Mega Star Mammootty got released in 1992 and directed by Jayaraj. It was a wonderful movie, and its scenes and songs instantly touched auidences.
Mammootty dons his best ever looks. The movie based on drug abuse in colleges, brought a wonderful insight into drugs and its ways. It’s got action, comedy, a love story, great songs, like “Shanthamee rathreeyil.", “Minnum Palungukal,” etc. The movie ends with our hero dying; the good news is he died a hero. As he takes out the bad guy, and leaves behind wonderful memories. Overall, it had a beautiful message.
It was a super hit action movie and ran nearly 80 days in major centers of kerala. Movie crossed 63 days in six major centers. Mammootty’s achayan role created waves in campuses and movie collected well in other states such as Andra, Karnataka. He had a very good market in Andra after the release of movies like Oru cbi diary kurippu, Samrajyam which ran 75 days in Andra.
Ee Sabdam Innathe Sabdam is a thrilling action movie scripted by John Paul and directed by hit director P.G. Viswambharan. Movie got released in 1985 and Mammootty, Shobhana was in lead.
Story is about a Dr. Ramachandran (Mammootty) and Sharadha (Shobhana) leading a peaceful life. Once Sharadha got raped by a team in front of Ramachandran and no one was there to help them. Ramachandran takes revenge against them and kill the culprits one by one.
Mammootty’s proved that he is good at action roles. The thrilling climax was strange and best one. Movie ran more than 75 days in major centers. It was a surprise super hit movie at that time.
In 1982 Innalenkil Nale got released which is a political thriller directed by I V Sasi and scripted by T Damodaran. Mammootty, Ratheesh, Balan K Nair, Seema are leading stars in this movie.
Movie attracted masses and was a fire band hit from I V Sasi, T Damodaran team. Ratheesh (Vijayan) and Mammootty (Rahim) are the central characters. Mammootty become noted star at that time. He acted in many movies in 1982 and very much popular after the block bluster success of Yavanika.
Katha Ithuvare is a super hit movie directed by Joshi released in 1985. Mammootty, Rahman, Shalini, Suhasini, Thilakan were the key actors in this movie. Movie got released in the banner of Jubilee productions.
Mammootty and Suhasini are the hit pairs at that time. Entire crew performed well in this movie and movie attracted families and masses. Movie collected well in major centers like Trivandrum, Ernakulam and Calicut. Katha Ithuvare become super hit and made good profit to its producers.
Onnanu Nammal, a story of Kaloor Dennis and scripted by John Paul released in 1984. P. G Viswambharan is the director and he was the most successful director at that time. Mammootty, Mohanlal and Seema were major stars in this movie.
A novel from popular magazine "Vanitha" was decided to take as a movie by the director P. G. Viswambharan, who chosen Seema as Dr. Bala, though the readers selected Lakshmi for the same. Director was very confident about Seema and movie is released with name "Sandhyakku Virinja Poovu" with Mammootty as a negative imaged hero and Mohanlal as the villain. The movie was a super hit and it changed Seema's image. Seema was noticed as a heroine to handle character type roles and she received many serious, female oriented and good characters of Malayalam Cinema. The Mammootty-Seema pair becomes very popular through "Sandhyakku Virinja Poovu".
Sandhyakku Virinja Poovu, Naanayam, Sandhyakkenthinu Sindhooram, Rugma, Onnanu Nammal, Maniyara, Manithaali, Aa neram Alpadooram, Akshrangal, Aalkoottathil thaniye, Athiraathram, Anubandham, Adiyozhukkukal, Idanilangal, Kaanamarayathu, Gandhinagar Second Street, Karimbin Poovinakkare, and Mahaayaanam are some of the hit movies which they acted together. Mammootty and Seema proved their versatility through all these movies.
Onnanu Nammal was a family hit and ran more than 50 days in many major centers. Mammootty performed well as Sethu and Seema as Nirmala. Mohanlal also played an important role.
Akkare one of the comedy drama type movie directed by K.N. Sasidharan. Story was written by P.K. Nandana Varma and got released in 1984. Mammootty has a good role as Ismail.
Mammootty, Mohanlal, Gopi, Sreeni were the popular stars who acted in this movie. The movie was a good hit and well attracted by family audiences. Sajan and Mammootty become friends during the shooting period of this movie; Sajan was the associate director of Akkare. He was major director and become associate director as he faced some issues in his career. Mammootty given his date for Chakkara Umma and Sajan got rebirth as independent director.
Onningu Vannengil directed by Joshi and got released in 1985. It’s a family movie from Joshi after Sandarbham. Mammootty’s Mohandas was normal family hero, well accepted by family audiences at that time. 90% of Joshi and Mammootty movies were hit at that time.
Songs were hits on those days. It was a family hit and able to see rush of ladies in front of release stations. Movie completed jubilee in major centers.
Chakravalam Chuvannappol was directed by famous old director Sasikumar and movie released in 1983. Mammootty acted as Vasu and Mohanlal appeared as Surendran. Prem Nazir was also done a good job.
Mammootty outshined as Vasu along with Prem Nazir. Movie was a hit. Those days mammootty was doing supporting roles with Nazir and hero roles separately. Mohanlal was doing lots of villain/negative, Anti hero roles at that time.
Aksharangal was directed by IV Sasi and got released in 1984. Movie was scripted by M T Vasudevan Nair. Mammootty’s performance as writer Jayadevan was incredible and he received Kerala Film Critics Association Award in 1984. He is the only super star who received this award first time at that time.
Movie becomes one of the big hits of 1984 and Suhasini, Seema also performed well along with Mammootty. 1984 was best year of Mammootty; he has delivered more than 20 hits. Aksharangal a classical hit which ran more than 100 days in many major centers.
John Jaffer Janardhanan (1982) is remake of Amar Akbar Antony (1977) and it was directed by IV Sasi. Mammootty, Ratheesh, Ravindran, Jose Prakash in lead. Hindi version was huge hit so they remade it in Malayalam.
Chandran, a driver working for a smuggler Robert on the run from the police and leaves his three sons in a park. All of them are found and raised separately-the eldest becomes a Hindu police officer, the youngest becomes a Muslim tailor/singer and the middle son becomes a Christian hooligan. Years later, they find themselves all donating blood to a woman in a hospital by coincidence. All three meet and fall in love with different women, but when one of them is kidnapped by Robert (whose fortunes have changed again and is now a bigger smuggler); they all (women included) become involved in the struggle for her release.
Movie becomes one of the super hits of 1982 and three roles well accepted by the audiences. It was another hit from T. Damodaran and I. V Sasi team.
After the success of Ee Naadu, a sequel got released in 1983. Iniyenkilum was directed by I. V. Sasi and scripted by T Damodaran. Mammootty, Mohan Lal, Ratheesh, Lalu Alex, Seema are major stars. It was a thrilling movie by the old crew.
Mammootty’s character Divakaran along with Mohanlal’s Ravi outshined in this movie. Movie was well made for masses. Iniyenkilum was good hit at box office and ran well in A, B class centers at that time.
In 1983, Maniyara directed by M Krishnan Nair got released. It’s written by Moithu Padiath. Mammootty, Adoor Bhasi, Shanawas are the major stars in this movie.
It’s the time in which Muslim stories rarely wins at box office. Mammootty’s character Shameer was really powerful and well appreciated by the audiences in all parts of kerala. Movie become super hit and ran well in major centers. Movie completed silver jubilee in many major centers in Malabar area. After the success of this movie same team re joined several times and produced good hits in Malayalam film industry.
Ente Upasana, a 1984 Malayalam film directed by Bharathan which is based on novel written by Mallika Yunis. The story is about Lathika (Suhasini). She is a working single mother of a boy. Her flashback reveals that she lived with her widowed father and grandmother. She falls in love with her cousin who works in the Gulf and they are engaged. Arjunan (Mammootty), a close friend's brother on a fateful rainy day drives Lathika home in a car but the former can not control his feelings and hence rapes her. Lathika becomes pregnant. She moves to a big city to give birth to the child, and her father passes away in the shock.
Back to present, Lathika meets Arjunan, who is now her boss. She and her best friend lives together in a hostel. One day Lathika's son contracts fever and is hospitalized. He is moved from the common ward to a private room by Arjunan. Latikha rushes to the room and is taken aback to see an old woman taking care of her son who happens to be Arjunan's mother.One day by chance her ex-lover (cousin) finds out about Lathika's tribulations after he left for Gulf, and in anger he beats up Arjunan. The cousin apologizes to Lathika and asks her to attend his own wedding. Lathika returns her hometown and she finds out that her grandmother has died. She is visited by Arjunan in her hometown and finally they leave together as a family with her son.
Mammootty acted well and his character has little bit negative shade. Mammootty and Suhasini pairs were well accepted on those days. It was well accepted movie by family audiences and become big hit. Movie was houseful for many weeks and able to see huge rush of ladies to the theatres at that time.
Ahimsa (1981) is a Malayalam film directed by I. V. Sasi starring Sukumaran, Mammootty, Poornima Jayaram, Seema and Menaka. AT Ummer’s music was good.
“Jalasanku Pushpam Choodum” was one of the evergreen songs sung by S Janaki. Sukumaran was the hero but mammootty performed well in his role and got best supporting actor award in this movie. It was one of the hits of both stars in that year.
Thrishna released in 1981 October and written by M. T Vasudevan Nair. Movie was directed by Irruppam Veedu Sasidaran, better known as I.V.Sasi is a famous Malayalam Film director who is known for his unique movies. He holds the record for having directed the most movies by a director. He has directed about 150 films in various south Indian languages and Hindi. He is known as the "veteran" and the "guru" of Malayalam film direction. This was the team who introduced Mammootty (Krishnadas) through this movie as hero. “Sruthiyil” song sung by Sri.Yesudas was big hit at that time.
Mammootty’s chatacter was excellent and shows maturity. Malayalam film audiences praised him and appreciated the team who introduced him as mature hero. Thrishna become one of the big hits of that year. K.G George introduced him in Mela but he become hero in thrishna and later acted in a big hit movie Yavanika.
Aa Rathri is the first movie of Joshi and Mammootty team. Movie released in 1983 and scripted by Kaloor Dennis. Songs like "Kiliye Kiliye" were big hits.
It has a touching family-action story. Mammootty (
Aa Rathri ran more than 150 days in many major centers and become one of the biggest hits of all the time. It shows the strong influence of Mammootty among families. It was a huge family hit for Joshi and Mammootty team. In 1983, he has more than 12 hits and ruled the box office. Mammootty become super star after the huge success of this movie.
Oru Maravathoor Kanavu, a 1998 movie was scripted by Sreenivasan and directed by Lal Jose. This is the first film of Lal Jose. Mammootty impressed by his talent and story he has given his date to him to do this fabulous funny movie.
When we combine the gifted acting skills of one of India’s most sorted out actors and an excellent story line, we get a movie that is a real treat to the eyes. That’s what Mammootty has done with 'Oru Maravathoor Kanavu'. Mammootty plays the 'Gunda' in the film who comes in rescue of his younger brother played by Biju Menon who has some problems in getting to harvest crops in an area of land where the corrupt and shrewd lord Nedumudi Venu has an eye on. Divya unni plays the love interest of Mammootty. The action and comedy skills of Mammootty are articulately extracted by the director and presented in a fun fashion.
Movie ran 75 days more than 10 centers and completed 100 days in many major centers. Mammootty’s Achayan role attracted huge crowd in releasing center and In Trivandrum (Sree Padmanabha, Athira) and In Ernakulam (Mymoon, Lulu) movie ran 100 days.
Oru Abhibhashakante Case Diary is directed by K Madhu and scripted by S. N Swami, released in 1995, in the banner of Mak productions. It is one the best role of mammootty as an advocate. The plot is as similar as his CBI series but an advocate investigating the murder case of a girl, who has got raped and murdered. Narendra Prasad acted as opposition advocate and thrilling performances of both stars attracted huge crowd.
1995 was good year for mammootty, His “The King “ruled the box office and become biggest grosser of the year. Mazhayethum Munpe was another huge hit for mammootty. Oru Abhibhashakante Case Diary was big hit and ran more than 100 days in major centers. In Trivandrum, S.L Complex and In Ernakulam movie collected well. Movie attracted classes and masses due to high expectations from the union of hit CBI team. Major centers were houseful for a month. In 1995, Mammootty proved that he is the king of box office. In Calicut movie ran more than 105 days. 80 days movie collected nearly 15 Lakhs from Trivandrum
Mammootty and Saritha with kid Shalini performed well in this movie. Family’s choice was only mammootty movies at that time. Like 1983, 1984 was also best year for mammootty he has many huge hits and become new super star. His films ruled kerala box office breaking all the records with more than 20 hits in 1984. Sandarbham along with Athirathram ruled the box office and become biggest grosser in 1984. Sandarbham ran nearly 200 days in major centers. In
Shruthi fell for Nandakumar and revealed her feelings for him. He laughed it off as a teenage infatuation. Nandakumar, who had developed a cordial relationship with the gang by then, took them for a trip to his picturesque village. His main intention was to make her meet Uma so that she would change her mind. Shruthi got shattered on witnessing the degree of warmth in the relationship between Uma and Nandkumar. After returning, she paid a discreet visit to his village to meet Uma. There she revealed her feelings for Nandakumar to Uma. She accused Uma of being selfish and possessive by forcing Nandakumar to sacrifice his life and pleasures for her sake. Uma got a mental shock from the vitriolic behaviour of Shruthi and that triggered a second stroke. She became paralyzed again and doctors gave up all hope. She forced him to marry Shruthi and he complied reluctantly.
Even after the marriage Nandakumar was not able to find any peace of mind. Their relationship was very cold. Later, Shruthi confessed to Nandakumar about her meeting with Uma. Enraged by this revelation he left his home. He wandered across places like a mad man. On coming back Nandakumar learns that Shruthi had committed suicide after giving birth to his child. Rahman takes him to Uma's home. There he finds Uma, whose condition improved, taking care of his child.
Mazhayethum Munpe was huge hit and ran more than 100 days in 5 major releasing centers. Family audiences lapped it up and movie attracted college students well. Songs were big hits. Movie collected more in Ernakulam, Saritha Complex.
Black is one of the super hits of mammootty released in 2004 and directed by Renjith. Black is a movie that deals with the underworld operations in
As the story goes, Shanmugham was entrusted with the custody of a girl by the party secretary. It turns out to be that the girl is his own daughter. A newly appointed police officer Ashok (Rehman) tries his best to clean up the corrupt system in the city but is killed by Carlos. Such incident involving innocent people gradually makes a change in Shanmugham. The rest of the movie deals with the transformation of Shanmugham from a killer to a peaceful man. He ends up fighting with his own gang controlled by David Carlos Padaveedan and a good hearted City Police Commissioner (Babu Antony) helps him out in his ordeal. The song "Ambalakara Thechikavil Pooram" sung by M.G.Sreekumar is a well choreographed, memorable one.
Black grossed 3 cores 10 lakhs in 10 days. It was a record at that time. Movie got a good profit in its 50 days run. It ran nearly 80 days in major centers. In 50 days movie collected nearly 35 lakhs from
Dadasahib is a super hit movie directed by Vinayan and released in 2000. Story is about Dada Mohammed Sahib, popularly called Dadasahib, is an old freedom fighter, and his son Abubacker, a former subeidar in the army. Abubacker, the brave son of a brave father, cannot help himself from reacting when he finds some terrorist activities and arms racket taking place in his own town Thaliyoor. But finally he finds himself being arrested on charges of espionage, treason and terrorist activity and the court too gives its final verdict-the death sentence. The President too rejects his plea and finally the sentence is carried out. It is after this that the story takes a new turn and a battle ensues between good and the evil forces.
It is indeed watchable on account of Mammootty's best thundering performance in the double role of Dadasahib and Abubacker. It is as Dadasahib, the elderly character that Mammootty dazzles the audience in the theatres. He is at ease as Abubacker too.
This is a great comeback of megastar through big hits Valyettan and Dadasahib in 2000.Movie collected well in Malabar area and ran more than 100 days in major centers. Movie got huge profit from Malabar zone itself. In
The best thing about the movie is the performances of Mammootty and Shobana. Mammootty looked the part effortlessly in his suits; he was interested in the script and he has a big star value at that time among
The movie was a big hit at its time and catapulted Mammootty career by giving the 'superstar' tag. Movie ran nearly 125 days in many major centers and those days, will able to see huge rush of family in front of theaters.
It is the biggest hit of 1983. Family’s first choice was this movie at that time. Mammootty’s performance was excellent as a jealous officer and great hearted lover. Mammootty and Suhasini become best pairs after the release of koodevide and continued for years in different movies. Movie ran more than 100 days in major centers.
This is one of the super hits of mammootty in 1983 and his advocate Jai Mohan was a good character in which he opposes Seema, a doctor. Mohanlal acted as the main villain. He was doing good villain and supporting roles at that time. Sandhyajju Virinja Poovu become big family hit and mammootty becomes star of families. Movie ran more than 100 days in major centers.
Yavanika is 1982 Malayalam crime film directed by K.G. George and the movie is about stage actors find themselves one of actors went missing. Sub Inspector Jacob Eeraly (Mammootty) investigates the disappearance of tabla player and stage actor Aiyappan (Bharath Gopi). Aiyappan was alcoholic and abusive man. His fellow actors include his wife. Jacob interviews Balagopalan (Nedumudi Venu) who last saw Aiyappan just before his missing. The Suspects include Vishnu (Asokan) who was Aiyappan's son in the former wife. It was really very shocking to know the real culprits.
Mammootty’s acted as a simple Sub Inspector who investigates this case in an interesting and different manner. This is one of the best cop roles from mammootty and he received best supporting actor award. Yavanika ran more than 100 days in many major centers and it was the biggest hit of 1982. Mammootty become noted star among other stars in the industry. This movie consider as one of the best classic films made in Malayalam film history. Many magazines selected this movie as one of the top ten class movies ever made in Malayalam film history.
Roudram is the first release of mammootty in 2008 directed by Renji Panikkar. The film has Mammootty played the role of Narendran, a daring Police Officer, who has always been keen on doing his duty, but is forced to make compromises due to all kinds of pressures. The enthusiasm that he had when he donned Khaki for the first time gradually gets eroded and he is often reminded that as a Police Officer, there were a lot of limitations. But then something good happens. Narendran is put in charge of a murder case. The usual pressures are there, but somehow he finds it in him to work against these pressures and do his duty the way he thinks is right.
It's a firebrand character that Mammootty executed usefully. This is the 25th cop character of Megastar. The film has amassed around 20 lakhs from its ten day run in the capital city. In its 55th day movie collected more than 45 Lakhs from
Movie ran nearly 70 days in major centers and biggest initial collection helped the movie to get first super hit for mammootty in 2008. Dubbed versions of movie released in Tamil and Telugu box office and collected well. Roudram also got good satellite and channel rights.
Mammootty has shown the class and skill which proves why he is considered one of the best actors of all time. Story is about a Kedi; Kottayam Kunjachan is a small time thug who is just out of jail. He is made to leave the Kottayam district by the local theologian and go to a place where his 'wild acts' are not heard. But he soon gets into trouble with a group of workers which makes him instantaneously famous. He gets to stay with a local devout played by Innocent who lives with his wife, played by K.P.S.C Lalitha, and two children, one of them played by Ranjini. He is tricked into doing things by Ranjini under the false pretension that she loves him. What happens next when he finds that she was using him is the base of the story. The story has very gripping subplots which thickens the main plots. The connection between parts of the film are very nicely handled which makes it a fast paced movie. Mammootty’s thrilling dialogues and fights between Uppukandam Brothers got big clap in theatres. Sukumaran’s acting and dialogues also attractive in this movie.
The attraction of the movie is Mammootty who plays Kottayam Kunjachan. He has taken a Kottayam accent and has delivered his dialogs with great panache. Mammootty's presentation of humor is just great in this movie. Like 1989, 1990 was also good year for Mammootty. He has big hits like Samrajyam, Kalikkalam, Iyer the Great, No: 20
Kottayam Kunjachan become huge hit and ran more than 100 days in 7 release stations. It ran 100 days in
Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (1989) is a Malayalam feature film directed by T. Hariharan. The screenplay of this film was written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair. The film is based on a legend about the famous warriors of
MT Vasudevan Nair has worked wonders with the script and dialogues. It can be said that he successfully re-wrote history by turning "Chadiyan Chandu" of kerala folklore into a modern day hero. The portayal of Chandu by Mammootty was so complete that, it’s his face that comes to mind whenever one reads about this historical character in story books or academic texts. Captain Raju too, arguably played the role of his life as "Aringodar". The Kalari Payat scenes have been beautifully picturised and appear very realistic. And of course the two songs by Yesudas have become perennial favorites.
In Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha, the director and writer used a more natural tone. M.T. Vasudevan Nair won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay. Mammootty received a National Film Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Chandu. Generally, his portrayal of Chandu is counted among the best portrayal of any character in Indian Cinema. P. Krishna Moorthy, the Art Director, also earned the National Film Award for Best Art Direction. Mammootty's performance in Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha along with Mathilukal directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan was also considered for the award. He also got state award for performances in various movies along with this movie.
A truly magnificent performance from Mammootty created a huge fan base and first fans association created in the name of mammootty in the history of Malayalam cinema. It shows that Mammootty is the only mega star for masses and classes in kerala at that time. He is the only Super Star in Malayalam to receive the National Award (Bharath Award) for the first time in the history of Malayalam cinema.
Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha was the biggest hit of 1989 and grossed crores of INR in kerala Box office and ran more than 200 days in major centers. It ran more than 200 days in
Nair Saab' is arguably, the best army movie released in
The movie starts with a new batch of trainees arriving at the army training center (SAT) situated near border. Their trainer is Nair Saab, a man known for his hard-and-fast training strategies. The first half of the movie is a bit lighthearted and is treated with humor arising from the intense training of the guys. But, things take a U-turn once when the underworld buys out two guys from the batch and use them for importing drugs from the neighboring country. In the turn of events one trainee gets killed by the hands of underworld, while the blame falls on the trainer, Nair Saab. Everybody turns against Nair and he has to flee, only to come back later. The second half takes us to the winter time in
In the latter half, the movie keeps a very serious tone and is complemented by wonderful climax action sequences. Other actors too, gave impressive performances, Mukesh being the pick of the lot. The direction, photography, art direction, and background score has been fantastic. To put it simply, the movie was well ahead of its time and is regarded as a cult classic today. To think that this movie was made in the eighties and moreover in a shoe-string budget (compared to the Bollywood and other 'woods in
1989 is the lucky year for Mega Star Mammootty he ruled the box office entire year than other stars and created box office history through biggest hits such as Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha, Nair Saab, Artham, Mrigaya, Mahayanam and Jagratha. He has more edge than other stars in Malayalam industry at that time which shows that he is the only king of Malayalam Cinema from 1981 to till date. After Vadakkan Veeragatha, Nair Saab was the second biggest grosser in 1989. Nair Saab ran more than 125 days in major centers. In
Ambalakkara films who produced valyettan, mammootty in the lead and directed by Shaji Kailas. The Mammootty-Shaji Kailas team has produced big hits like The King and The Truth. In 2000, after Narasimham Shaji decided to start a movie called “Paramadhikaram” taking fire band advocate ‘Nari’ from Narasimham which was strong role portrayed by mega star Mammootty. But things were not went well and decided to do family subject in which mammootty acting as big brother in a big family.
Movie released on onam festival days and first few weeks movie collected more than Narasimham. Movie has lots of styles, thrilling dialogues and actions. Mammootty out shined in his role as Madhavan Unni. Kalabhavan Mani and Sai Kumar also acted well.
Valyettan ran more than 100 days in major centers and become one of the biggest grosser in 2000. Movie collected well and ran more than 100 days in
Kaazcha is a 2004 Malayalam drama film written and directed by Blessy. It stars Mammootty, Yash and Padmapriya. It was the first movie of blessy Story is all about Madavan, who in childhood got bitten by the film bug, threw up his studies finally ended up as the Operator who toured the countryside with this 16 mm projector and showed films at temple festivals and other public functions.
A simple man with wife Padmapriya and a daughter (Sanusha) with Innocent as father come across a six year old boy (Yash) who is a refugee in his own country. His family who lived in
Mammootty’s performance as Madavan was incredible and movie got big mouth publicity and ran more than 100 days in major centers. Mammootty received his state award as well as other awards from various associations through this fabulous movie. Kaazcha is best film included into classic as well as commercial category. It was one of the super hit movies of mammootty in 2004.
Sethurama Iyer CBI is a Malayalam movie directed by K Madhu and starring Mammootty, Mukesh (actor) and Jagathy Sreekumar got released in beginning of 2004. It is the third film in a series of films starring Mammootty as Sethurama Iyer, a sharp and highly intelligent investigative officer of the CBI. The first two movies were Oru CBI Diary Kurippu (1988) and Jagratha (1989). The fourth movie in the series, Nerariyan CBI, was released on September 8, 2005.
This was the best suspense thriller after Oru CBI Diary Kurippu. Mammootty’s brilliant performance was the highlight of the movie and he reproduced the Iyer character exactly as same as in the first part. Originally, the CBI officer in the film Oru CBI Diary Kurippu was supposed to be a rough-and-tough cop named Ali Imran. It was Mammootty who suggested that a simple-looking Brahmin who uses his brains more than his brawn would be a better idea
Sethurama Iyer CBI was the biggest grosser of 2004; movie ran more than 100 days in 7 centers. Movie grossed highest in Ernakulam, Kavitha. It has got gross revenue of 3 billion dollars (more than 14 crores gross) from the kerala state alone.
In December 2004, Vesham directed by V.M Vinu got released in kerala.Vesham movie is all about Appu (Mamootty) who is the M.D of Leela Group and an ordinary man dressed in white and white is the backbone of the family. His father Papettan (Innocent) and brother Hari (Indrajith) also stays with them. Appu is very fond of his brother Hari. Papettan has his own success story where he started his life as a head loader in
Following the Blockbuster success of the film, directors from other film industries, highly impressed with the film, were eager to remake this film in the Tamil, Hindi and Kannada. Vasu had altered the story to fit Rajnikanth's extended role as to what Mammootty had done in the original but the film did only an average business in Tamil and Telugu.
In Hindi, Shah Rukh Khan who was highly impressed with the film that he signed onto the Hindi remake directed by Priyadarshan and named as “Billu” which earned Rs.23.65 crore during its first six weeks. Box Office
In its 80th day run, movie fetched a gross of RS 11.6 crore at kerala box office. In
Katha Parayumbol celebrated 100 days in 14 centres. This is the first instance in the last five years, in which a film is able to celebrate its hundredth day in more than twelve centers. Katha Parayumbol grossed more than Rs 56 lakhs from Ramya in
Big B was completely a new experience for Malayalam film Industry in different senses.The film proved the impact of one line dialogues and cinematography was excellent. The film hardly made 80 days where the film was well accepted by youth. The colour tone and style of shots attracted the youths. Technically movie was brilliant.
The film completed fifty fifth day run in more than ten odd release centres, and well grossed over eight crores in the same day. Movie grossed more than 1.2 crores from 3 main cities of kerala in its 56th day run.
The film was in hit charts due to mouth publicity and got good profit by grossing more than 12 crores in its total run. Movie ran well in B, C class theatres. The film was dubbed into Tamil as Manik Baasha, Hindi and Telugu as BigB. Movie collected well out side kerala and rights sold for 2 crores.
Avanazhi was produced by Saj productions and directed by famous director I.V. Sasi. Movie got released in 1986; the story and screen play written by Damodaran T, one of the best dialogue writers in the 80’s. It was as a cop in the 1980s film 'Yavanika' that Mammootty became a star. Avanazhi was the second film in which his character “Balram” has been noticed by masses at that time.
After release of Avanazhi, His character “Inspector Balram” was famous among the youths of 1986. Dialogue delivery of mammootty was excellent and he becomes action king by portraying this fire band role. He played more than 25 cop roles and this is the best among them. Police officers of kerala got inspired by “Inspector Balram” and they indented to take him as their role model in the middle of 80’s.
The movie was huge commercial success and biggest grosser of 1986 by creating box office history in Malayalam cinema. Avanazhi ran more than 200 days in many centers. In capital city movie completed 200 days run in S.L. Complex.
The movie’s sequel “Inspector Balram” was released in 1991 and it become huge hit. Later on, In the middle of 90’s ‘Avanazhi’re-relased in digital sound format and it ran more than 50 days in major centers. In Tamil, Telugu and even Kannada; Avanazhi’s remake was huge success but no one performed like mammootty. People of kerala interested to watch this movie again and again to hear the fire band dialogues of mega star mammootty.
Mammootty's Thuruppugulaan is a movie which was exclusively for his diehard fans which is directed by Johny Antony (3rd film) and released in the first quarter of 2006. If Rajamanikyam was a Mammootty's reply to his detractors who said he can never do a full length comedy entertainer, then Thuruppugulaan is a fitting reply to those who said he cannot dance at all.
Thuruppugulaan is the biggest hit of Milan Jaleel and Johny Anthony team. Like rajamanikyam, thuruppugulaan become super hit before its release both movies got cores of money as advance. Movie ran more than 100 days in Saritha Complex, Ernakulam and
